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No. 467,371. Patented Jan. 19, 1892.

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UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

ADOLF FELLN'ER, OF CINCINNATI, OHIO.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 467,371, dated January19, 1892. Application filed April 2, 1891. Serial No. 387,332. (Nomodel.)

To aZZ whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, ADOLF FELLNER, a citizen of the United States, and aresident of Cincinnati, in the county of Hamilton and State of Ohio,have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Garment-Fasteners,of which the following is a specification.

The object of my invention is to provide a concealed fastener for outergarments, whereby the garment may be fastened without handling the outersurface of the goods, and which will hold the overfolded lap smooth andprevent the gaping or wrinkling of the edge so unsightly intight-fitting garments, and dispense with the use of bars or cords.

The invention will be first fully described in connection with theaccompanying drawings, and will then be particularly referred to andpointed out in the claims.

Referring to the drawings, in which like parts are indicated by similarreference-letters wherever they occur throughout the various views,Figure 1 is a perspective view of my fastening-clasp with the partsdetached and unfolded ready to be connected together. Fig. 2 is aperspective view of the fastener clasped together and folded as when inuse upona fastened garment. Fig. 3 is an end elevation of the femalemember. Fig. 4 is a plan View of the parts shown in Fig. 1, but claspedtogether. Fig. 5 is a plan view of the parts shown in Fig. 2. Fig. 6 isa perspective view of the latch member, formed with clinchingpoints forfastening the parts without sewing. Fig. 7 is a longitudinal section ofthe same. Fig.8 is a perspective View of a partiallyclosed garmentprovided with my fastenings.

The socket-piece is preferably formed from a single piece of light sheetmetal, the sides and bottom of the box part A being turned over, as seenin Fig. 3, and a tooth a is turned inward from the front edge to engagea notch in the spring-tongue b of the male member. The shank a isperforated in order that'it may be secured within the edge of thegarment by stitching through the perforations.

The male member of the clasp consists of the part B, which hasperforated lugs. I) turned up from one end, between which lugs ispivoted the perforated securing-shank C. To the opposite end of the partB are secured the spring locking-tongue b and the spring b by a rivet;but, if preferred, the tongue I) may be made integral with the part Band the lugs 12 and turned over to the form shown. The locking-tonguehas a perforation at b to receive the tooth or when the parts areclosed, and a laterally-proj ecting lug b which, being pressed in thedirection of the part B, releases the tongue from its locking-tooth; andpermits the separating of the members. The spring 11 extends throughbetween the lugs 11', and presses upwardly against the boss of thepivoted member 0. The boss is camshaped, or, as shown, provided with aradially-projecting rib c, which rides-over the spring b in opening orclosing the member 0, snaps it either open or closed, and retains itwith spring-pressure in either position. 7

In the form shown in Figs. 6 and 7 the fastening-shank O is formed upfrom light sheet metal and has clinching-points c struck up from it. Dis a perforated plate, which is placed upon the opposite side of thefastening-strip E to receive the clinching-points, over which thefastening-points are folded down to secure the locking members in place.The fastening-shank C in this form has the cam-shaped projection formedby looping the metal, as seen at c. The shank of the fe male lookingmember may be formed with clinching-points in the same way as the memberO. 1

To apply my device as represented in Figs. 1 to 5, inclusive, to agarment, the opposite members A B are respectively secured to canvasstrips by stitching through the perforations in the shank a and hingedclasp C. The strip having the member A is secured between the outergoods and the inner lining near the edge of the inner fold of thegarment, as seen in Fig. 8. This member may be wholly concealed, thestrip having the members B secured to it is sewed between the outergoods and lining upon the outer fold of the garment with the lockingmember B projecting through the lining.

NVhen the garment is to be fastened, the parts B and C are opened, asseen in Fig. 1 and the lower part of Fig. 6, which holds the overfoldededge at practically a right angle to body of the goods. Now by graspingthe inside'of theouter fold and the edge of the inner fold the oppositemembers of the fastening are locked together the Whole length of thegarment, after which the outer fold of the garment is pressed down uponthe opposite side, when the spring-clasps O of the male members willhold the outer overfolded edge firmly against the opposite side.

The forms shown in Figs. 6 and 7 are fastened to the strips by passingthe clinchingpoints through the strips E and placing the plates D on theopposite sides of the strips, With the clinching-points passed throughtheir perforations and flattened down.

To open the garment, the outer fold is turned bac k, as seen at thebottom of Fig. 8. Then by pressing upon the lugs 19 the fasteners arereadily unlocked. g

It isv obvious that some of the parts may be varied in mechanicaldetails Without departing from the spirit or scope of my invention.

My invention comprises three main partsthe male and female lockingmembers, and combined with them the fold-holding clasp, which serves asa means to secure one of the lockingmembers to the garment, and also asa spring-clasp to hold the overfolded lap smoothly and firmly upon theopposite side of the garment.

I claim- 1. In a garment-fastener, the combination of the male andfemale locking members and a spring-pressed clasp pivoted to one of saidmembers, said claspbeing arranged to fold upon the locking members whenclosed, substantially as shown and described.

2. The combination, in a garment-fastener, of the female member A,having a lockingdetent a and fastening-shank, With the male memberB,having lugs b, the spring lockingtongue I), and the pivotedfastening-latch having an eccentric or cam-shaped boss to hold the latchin either the open or closed position.

3. The combination of the female member consisting of the socket,locking-tooth, and fastening-shank, the male member consisting of partB, having lugs b, the perforated spring-tongue 17, having lug b andspring b secured to it, and the fastening-latch ,C,'pivoted between thelugs b and having rib 0 upon its boss to ride over the spring I) whenthe latch is opened or closed, whereby the latch is snapped openorclosed and retained ineither position,substantiallyas shown anddescribed.

ADOLF FELLNER.

Witnesses:

I. FELLNER, GEO. J. MURRAY.

